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Truly Atheistic!

Whenever I watch or listen to "Paarthene" song from Mookuthi Amman movie in Tamil, I was often bonded with those lines: "Aayiram kai undu endral nee oru kai thara koodatha? Eeraayiram kan kondai, un oru kan enai paaratha?" What is the meaning? "You have a thousand hands, can't you extend one? You have two thousand eyes, not even one sees me?" This might seem to be the most comforting line for anyone who undergoes deep wounds, hurts or pain in their life. But after watching Karuppu movie, these lines brought in a new tone in my mind. "Even when you have a thousand hands, you still don't lift me. Even though there are two thousand eyes, you still don't see me." Can you interpret the tone of these two translations from two different tones? If not, read it again, you will realize the difference! Let me begin with the movie Karuppu: Till someone applies chilli paste to the Lord, He was silent. Even when Binu's father applied chilli pas...